1 00:00:04,017 --> 00:00:06,747 Oh, goody, hopscotch. 2 00:00:09,756 --> 00:00:11,690 [Laughs] 3 00:00:17,631 --> 00:00:20,429 - [Laughs] - Hello, mister. 4 00:00:24,237 --> 00:00:26,797 Oh! Hi there, young fella. 5 00:00:26,873 --> 00:00:28,841 Is that some sort of game you're playing? 6 00:00:28,909 --> 00:00:32,276 No, it's not a game. I've got my head stuck in here. 7 00:00:32,346 --> 00:00:37,010 Oh, my. Well, uh, in that case, you should summon assistance. 8 00:00:37,084 --> 00:00:40,485 - Huh? - You know, call for help. 9 00:00:40,554 --> 00:00:43,887 But I don't wanna do that, 'cause people would come and laugh at me. 10 00:00:43,957 --> 00:00:48,155 And then my parents would find out and yell at me for being dumb. 11 00:00:48,228 --> 00:00:50,458 Oh, yeah, I know. 12 00:00:50,530 --> 00:00:52,794 That can be annoying. 13 00:00:52,866 --> 00:00:54,800 Allow me. 14 00:01:07,681 --> 00:01:10,650 There you go. Golly! 15 00:01:10,717 --> 00:01:14,847 That was real neat. You must be the strongest guy in the whole world. 16 00:01:14,921 --> 00:01:19,881 Well, with the possible exception of Li'I Abner. 17 00:01:19,960 --> 00:01:22,656 - What's your name? - Uh, my name's Mr. Munster. 18 00:01:22,729 --> 00:01:25,596 But you can call me Uncle Herman. 19 00:01:25,665 --> 00:01:29,465 My name is Galen Livingston Stewart, but you may call me Gale. 20 00:01:29,536 --> 00:01:33,097 Oh, thank you. Pleased to meet you, Gale. 21 00:01:34,207 --> 00:01:36,641 It's been a pleasure saving your life. 22 00:01:36,710 --> 00:01:39,873 Do you come by here every day? Yes, I do. 23 00:01:39,946 --> 00:01:43,541 - Maybe I'll see you tomorrow. - Oh, that would be real boss. 24 00:01:44,684 --> 00:01:48,120 Uh, that means "keen." 25 00:01:48,188 --> 00:01:51,521 I just can't wait to tell my parents about you, Uncle Herman. Good-bye. 26 00:01:51,591 --> 00:01:53,525 Good-bye. 27 00:03:02,729 --> 00:03:05,892 So, uh, Eddie, I said to Queen Isabella, 28 00:03:05,966 --> 00:03:08,230 "Why not give this Columbus cat the jewels? 29 00:03:08,301 --> 00:03:12,101 "I mean, after all, they're not doing anyone any good lying around in the top drawer. 30 00:03:12,172 --> 00:03:15,972 And besides, he might take a cruise and find something good." 31 00:03:16,042 --> 00:03:19,637 And that, Eddie, is how Columbus discovered America. 32 00:03:19,713 --> 00:03:22,841 Gee, Grandpa, you've had a lot of neat adventures. 33 00:03:22,916 --> 00:03:26,511 Oh, yes, Eddie, over the centuries, you can say I got around. 34 00:03:26,586 --> 00:03:29,646 A very interesting thing happened to me on the way home from work today. 35 00:03:29,723 --> 00:03:33,056 Oh, that's fine. Eddie, Eddie, don't just sit there. 36 00:03:33,126 --> 00:03:35,651 Wolf down your food. 37 00:03:35,729 --> 00:03:37,993 I was walking along the street today... 38 00:03:38,064 --> 00:03:39,998 Grandpa, would you slice me another piece of meat? 39 00:03:40,066 --> 00:03:42,000 Certainly. 40 00:03:43,803 --> 00:03:45,737 Thank you. 41 00:03:46,907 --> 00:03:49,569 It just so happens that today... 42 00:03:49,643 --> 00:03:52,806 I saved a boy's life. 43 00:03:52,879 --> 00:03:57,077 Mm, that's fine. Oh, Grandpa, you're not eating. 44 00:03:57,150 --> 00:04:00,085 Well, doesn't anyone want to hear about my heroic deed? 45 00:04:00,153 --> 00:04:02,417 All right, Herman. What did you do? 46 00:04:02,489 --> 00:04:04,684 Yes, Herman, we're listening. 47 00:04:04,758 --> 00:04:06,726 I just might not tell you now. 48 00:04:06,793 --> 00:04:09,557 Good. Pass the brussels sprouts, please. 49 00:04:09,629 --> 00:04:12,189 Now wait a minute. I'm gonna tell you what happened, 50 00:04:12,265 --> 00:04:14,324 and my whole family's gonna listen! 51 00:04:14,401 --> 00:04:17,063 Including my rotten ol' father-in-law. 52 00:04:17,137 --> 00:04:20,402 Okay, Pop, how did you save a boy's life? 53 00:04:20,473 --> 00:04:23,909 Well, this boy had his head through an iron fence, 54 00:04:23,977 --> 00:04:28,004 and I unbent the bars and let him out. Big deal. 55 00:04:28,081 --> 00:04:31,710 Well, if I hadn't, his bones would have rotted right there on the sidewalk... 56 00:04:31,785 --> 00:04:33,719 and hurt the neighborhood... 57 00:04:33,787 --> 00:04:36,017 and brought down property values and everything. 58 00:04:36,089 --> 00:04:38,023 So there! 59 00:04:38,091 --> 00:04:41,925 Herman Munster, you are a plain, ordinary man... 60 00:04:41,995 --> 00:04:44,122 in a plain, ordinaryjob. 61 00:04:44,197 --> 00:04:49,032 Now why must you insist on these fantastic stories just to get attention? 62 00:04:49,102 --> 00:04:51,832 But it's true, dear! It-It's true. I did save his life. 63 00:04:51,905 --> 00:04:54,772 And his name is Galen Livingston Stewart, and he's my friend. 64 00:04:54,841 --> 00:04:57,036 And I'm gonna meet him there tomorrow. 65 00:04:57,110 --> 00:04:59,544 Herman, you and your stories. 66 00:04:59,613 --> 00:05:04,209 Sometimes you act so childish, it's hard to believe you're 150 years old. 67 00:05:08,321 --> 00:05:11,484 Galen Livingston Stewart, you and your stories. 68 00:05:11,558 --> 00:05:15,255 Sometimes you act so childish, it's hard to believe you're nine years old. 69 00:05:15,328 --> 00:05:17,319 But it did happen, Mom. 70 00:05:17,397 --> 00:05:20,992 He did save my life, and he told me to call him Uncle Herman. 71 00:05:21,067 --> 00:05:24,264 Just what did this Uncle Herman look like, son? 72 00:05:24,337 --> 00:05:28,831 Well, he's about nine feet tall, and his head was flat. 73 00:05:28,908 --> 00:05:31,468 He had these things sticking out of his neck. 74 00:05:31,544 --> 00:05:35,310 His hands were sewed on to his wrists, and he's all green. 75 00:05:35,382 --> 00:05:38,510 Galen Stewart, you get upstairs to bed this instant. 76 00:05:38,585 --> 00:05:42,077 But it's true, Mom. There is an Uncle Herman. 77 00:05:42,155 --> 00:05:44,680 All right, upstairs, young man. 78 00:05:44,758 --> 00:05:47,454 And I've warned you about telling these fantastic stories before. 79 00:05:47,527 --> 00:05:49,461 Excuse me. 80 00:05:51,598 --> 00:05:55,193 I ask you, John, where would Galen get these ideas... 81 00:05:55,268 --> 00:05:57,896 about these weird-looking, frightening creatures? 82 00:05:57,971 --> 00:06:02,101 I don't know, dear. Maybe he spent too much time with your relatives. 83 00:06:04,277 --> 00:06:06,211 There we are. 84 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:08,304 Hey, that looks pretty neat. What is it? 85 00:06:08,381 --> 00:06:12,340 What is it? It's my old movie projector. I got it out of the attic. 86 00:06:12,419 --> 00:06:14,614 I'm gonna show some of my home movies. 87 00:06:14,688 --> 00:06:18,055 I put a new motor in it. [Door Creaks] 88 00:06:18,124 --> 00:06:21,389 [Squeaking] 89 00:06:22,696 --> 00:06:24,630 That's great! 90 00:06:24,698 --> 00:06:29,226 That's a 300-cubic-inch squirrel with overhead cam and hydraulic lifts. 91 00:06:32,539 --> 00:06:35,303 How long have you been taking home movies, Grandpa? 92 00:06:35,375 --> 00:06:37,309 All my life. 93 00:06:37,377 --> 00:06:41,871 As a matter of fact, I was taking movies 300 years before the camera was invented. 94 00:06:41,948 --> 00:06:44,508 - Gee, that must have been hard. - Of course it was. 95 00:06:44,584 --> 00:06:46,518 And I'll tell you something else. 96 00:06:46,586 --> 00:06:50,386 There wasn't even a drugstore to develop the film. 97 00:06:50,457 --> 00:06:54,621 [Lily] Grandpa.! Eddie.! Is Herman down there with you? 98 00:06:54,694 --> 00:06:58,494 No, Mom. Grandpa and I are just goofin' off by ourselves. 99 00:06:58,565 --> 00:07:00,624 [Door Creaks] 100 00:07:00,700 --> 00:07:03,168 Uncle Herman should be home by now. 101 00:07:03,236 --> 00:07:05,431 I know. But, you see, down at the parlor, 102 00:07:05,505 --> 00:07:07,769 they put him in charge of the complaint department. 103 00:07:07,841 --> 00:07:11,072 He may be working late, straightening out a customer. 104 00:07:16,950 --> 00:07:19,384 Boo! [Yells] 105 00:07:19,452 --> 00:07:22,512 Boy, Uncle Herman, I really scared you, didn't I? 106 00:07:22,589 --> 00:07:26,320 Oh. Oh, it's you, Gale. 107 00:07:26,392 --> 00:07:28,690 I almost jumped out of my skin. 108 00:07:28,762 --> 00:07:31,526 And in this cold weather, that can be very uncomfortable. 109 00:07:33,066 --> 00:07:35,626 Say listen, Gale, I'm on my way home right now. 110 00:07:35,702 --> 00:07:38,603 And I have a little boy at home just your age. 111 00:07:38,671 --> 00:07:40,571 How would you like to come along and meet him? 112 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:44,167 That'd be great. Oh, good. Come on. It's just a few blocks. 113 00:07:44,244 --> 00:07:47,475 Oh, uh, just a minute. 114 00:07:53,386 --> 00:07:55,718 [Laughs] 115 00:07:57,323 --> 00:07:59,314 Nothing, really. 116 00:08:01,895 --> 00:08:04,022 [Door Creaks] 117 00:08:04,097 --> 00:08:07,396 Yoo-hoo, Herman's home! 118 00:08:07,467 --> 00:08:11,699 Boy, this is the neatest house I've ever been in. 119 00:08:11,771 --> 00:08:15,434 Oh, you're just saying that. Come on. 120 00:08:21,414 --> 00:08:24,440 [Marilyn] Oh, there you are.! You have company. 121 00:08:24,517 --> 00:08:28,817 Yes. I would like you to meet Galen Livingston Stewart. 122 00:08:28,888 --> 00:08:32,756 How do you... Uncle Herman, is this your mommy? 123 00:08:32,826 --> 00:08:36,353 Oh, heavens, no. This is our poor, unfortunate niece, Marilyn. 124 00:08:36,429 --> 00:08:38,363 The rest of the family's down in the dungeon. 125 00:08:38,431 --> 00:08:40,365 Grandpa's going to show some home movies. 126 00:08:40,433 --> 00:08:43,698 Oh, that sounds like fun. Would you like to see them, Gale? 127 00:08:43,770 --> 00:08:48,036 - I think that'd be a gas. - Perceptive little fellow, isn't he? 128 00:08:52,912 --> 00:08:54,903 [Door Creaks] 129 00:08:56,349 --> 00:08:58,613 After you, Marilyn. 130 00:08:59,819 --> 00:09:01,753 [Projector Whirring] 131 00:09:01,821 --> 00:09:04,483 Grandpa. Grandpa. 132 00:09:04,557 --> 00:09:06,957 Uncle Herman's here, and he's brought a friend. 133 00:09:07,026 --> 00:09:11,588 Oh, dear. I hope it's not another one of those stuffed shirts from the parlor. 134 00:09:11,664 --> 00:09:14,326 Grandpa, Lily, Eddie, I would like you to meet... 135 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:17,801 the little boy whose life I saved and who will be eternally grateful... 136 00:09:17,871 --> 00:09:19,805 [Chuckles] Galen Stewart. 137 00:09:19,873 --> 00:09:21,864 [Eddie] Hi, Gale. Hi. 138 00:09:21,941 --> 00:09:24,637 Oh, hello. Hello, little boy. Hello. 139 00:09:24,711 --> 00:09:28,112 Hiya, kid. Now here, sit right down here, 140 00:09:28,181 --> 00:09:31,412 and don't make any noise during the movies. 141 00:09:31,484 --> 00:09:34,453 [Plastic Crinkling] 142 00:09:37,457 --> 00:09:39,391 Hmm? 143 00:09:40,460 --> 00:09:42,587 [Loud Crunching] 144 00:09:44,230 --> 00:09:46,164 Herman, please! 145 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:50,467 [Projector Whirring] 146 00:09:52,906 --> 00:09:55,739 That's when I played the Loew's Palermo with my magic act. 147 00:09:55,808 --> 00:09:58,572 I brought the house down every night. 148 00:10:00,813 --> 00:10:04,806 Oh, I remember that. That's the time with that backyard barbecue at Pompeii. 149 00:10:04,884 --> 00:10:07,682 Things went a little out of hand. 150 00:10:07,754 --> 00:10:09,915 [Lily] Oh, look, Grandpa. 151 00:10:09,989 --> 00:10:12,822 Those are the shots you took of King Arthur. 152 00:10:12,892 --> 00:10:14,826 Yeah, he was mad at the Saxon gang... 153 00:10:14,894 --> 00:10:17,624 for stealing the hubcaps off his chariot. 154 00:10:17,697 --> 00:10:20,962 Boy, there was some rumble down at the old stone bridge. 155 00:10:21,034 --> 00:10:23,332 A lot of water went under that bridge. 156 00:10:23,403 --> 00:10:26,634 [Grandpa] Yeah, and a lot ofknights too. 157 00:10:26,706 --> 00:10:29,971 Oh, there are those two fun fellows, Burke and Hare. 158 00:10:30,043 --> 00:10:33,877 I remember we were going out on a party, and they were trying to dig up a couple of friends. 159 00:10:33,947 --> 00:10:37,906 There we are. Typical Sunday traffic on the Appian Way. 160 00:10:37,984 --> 00:10:41,715 [Lily] L-I think the fellow on the left is looking for the off-ramp. 161 00:10:41,788 --> 00:10:44,313 He never did find it. 162 00:10:44,390 --> 00:10:46,722 Well, well, well, the old homestead. 163 00:10:46,793 --> 00:10:50,194 Gale, that's where I spent most of my childhood, 164 00:10:50,263 --> 00:10:52,527 in three different jars. 165 00:10:54,233 --> 00:10:58,431 [Lily] Oh, dear, look.! There's my old music teacher... 166 00:10:58,504 --> 00:11:01,564 before he went with Guy Lombardo. 167 00:11:01,641 --> 00:11:03,575 [Eddie] Hejust disappeared. 168 00:11:03,643 --> 00:11:06,305 No, I think he just took five. 169 00:11:09,315 --> 00:11:12,546 And the house has trapdoors and secret panels. 170 00:11:12,618 --> 00:11:15,610 And their little kid Eddie has fangs and pointed ears. 171 00:11:15,688 --> 00:11:20,125 And his grandfather's about 400 years old and looks like Dracula. 172 00:11:20,193 --> 00:11:23,287 I've never heard anything so ridiculous in my life! 173 00:11:23,363 --> 00:11:27,094 And the mother has long black hair, and she's green like Uncle Herman. 174 00:11:27,166 --> 00:11:29,100 And they've got a real, real neat pet, 175 00:11:29,168 --> 00:11:32,535 who lives under the stairs and breathes fire and smoke. 176 00:11:32,605 --> 00:11:35,039 And they showed home movies of the burning of Rome... 177 00:11:35,108 --> 00:11:37,770 and all that kind of stuff. Out! 178 00:11:37,844 --> 00:11:40,335 Huh? I said out! You get up to your room... 179 00:11:40,413 --> 00:11:42,506 and don't you leave it until you're told. 180 00:11:42,582 --> 00:11:44,516 But what if I get hungry? 181 00:11:44,584 --> 00:11:47,178 Well, maybe your green Uncle Herman... 182 00:11:47,253 --> 00:11:50,689 will come on over with a nice big, fat, juicy Dracula burger. 183 00:11:50,757 --> 00:11:53,749 Charcoal-broiled by that pet that lives under the stairs. 184 00:11:53,826 --> 00:11:56,818 Out! Yes, sir. 185 00:11:56,896 --> 00:11:59,797 John, what are we going to do about Galen? 186 00:11:59,866 --> 00:12:04,496 His imagination is just fantastic, those ridiculous lies. 187 00:12:04,570 --> 00:12:07,061 I don't know. I think it's getting serious. 188 00:12:07,140 --> 00:12:09,233 I think I'll have to take him to a good psychiatrist... 189 00:12:09,308 --> 00:12:12,675 and see if he can't get to the bottom of these weird fantasies. 190 00:12:12,745 --> 00:12:14,679 John. Hmm. 191 00:12:14,747 --> 00:12:17,545 Did you make up wild stories like that when you were his age? 192 00:12:17,617 --> 00:12:19,710 Certainly not. 193 00:12:19,786 --> 00:12:23,347 Well, I made up stories about Indians and people getting scalped... 194 00:12:23,423 --> 00:12:27,018 and guys being eaten by cannibals, but I had a perfectly normal childhood. 195 00:12:29,695 --> 00:12:32,255 ?? [Humming] 196 00:12:44,377 --> 00:12:46,368 What are you doing, Aunt Lily? 197 00:12:46,446 --> 00:12:48,437 I'm filling the wastebaskets, Marilyn. 198 00:12:48,514 --> 00:12:51,677 Oh, dear. I hope I have enough trash to go around. 199 00:12:51,751 --> 00:12:53,742 Well, the trashman will be here tomorrow. 200 00:12:53,820 --> 00:12:55,754 I'm sure we can get by till then. 201 00:12:55,822 --> 00:12:57,790 Hey, Mom, is Pop home from work yet? 202 00:12:57,857 --> 00:13:00,553 Not yet, Eddie. He'll be here soon. 203 00:13:00,626 --> 00:13:02,992 Well, I want him to help me to find Spot. 204 00:13:03,062 --> 00:13:05,257 He got out of his yard again. 205 00:13:05,331 --> 00:13:07,799 Oh, dear. 206 00:13:07,867 --> 00:13:10,495 The last time he got out, he went over to Grant Avenue... 207 00:13:10,570 --> 00:13:14,165 and ate all the tops off the telephone poles. 208 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:16,174 [Door Opens, Closes] 209 00:13:16,242 --> 00:13:19,507 Oh, Herman, there you are, dear. 210 00:13:19,579 --> 00:13:21,774 Hey, Pop, have you seen Spot? 211 00:13:21,848 --> 00:13:24,578 [Sighs] No. And I didn't see Gale either. 212 00:13:24,650 --> 00:13:27,585 I waited for him a half hour today, but he didn't show up. 213 00:13:27,653 --> 00:13:32,056 I had to play two games of hopscotch by myself. 214 00:13:32,125 --> 00:13:36,425 Well, may-maybe he had to stay after school or something. 215 00:13:36,496 --> 00:13:38,964 No, dear, I'm afraid not. 216 00:13:39,031 --> 00:13:41,864 I haven't seen him for three whole days. 217 00:13:41,934 --> 00:13:44,402 I'm afraid he just doesn't want to see me anymore. 218 00:13:44,470 --> 00:13:46,404 Oh, Herman. 219 00:13:46,472 --> 00:13:50,841 You can't expect to be a big hero and save a boy's life every day. 220 00:13:50,910 --> 00:13:56,507 Normal people like us just don't have exciting adventures all the time. 221 00:13:56,582 --> 00:13:59,745 Well, my life is duller than most. 222 00:13:59,819 --> 00:14:02,185 The most exciting thing that happened to me before this... 223 00:14:02,255 --> 00:14:05,418 was 20 years ago, when a man stopped me on the street... 224 00:14:05,491 --> 00:14:08,517 and asked me if I was voting for Alf Landon. 225 00:14:09,762 --> 00:14:13,698 Well, d-don't worry about Galen, Herman. You'll see him again. 226 00:14:13,766 --> 00:14:16,132 He's probably at home now, playing with some friend... 227 00:14:16,202 --> 00:14:19,103 who's more on his own age level. 228 00:14:19,172 --> 00:14:23,541 Sure, Pop. Come on and help me find Spot. 229 00:14:23,609 --> 00:14:27,568 Well... I think he'll come if you whistle for him. 230 00:14:27,647 --> 00:14:29,672 All right. 231 00:14:32,051 --> 00:14:35,350 Spot! Here, Spot! 232 00:14:37,490 --> 00:14:40,755 [Foghorn Blasts] 233 00:14:43,829 --> 00:14:47,424 [German Accent] So, this, uh, playmate of yours, 234 00:14:47,500 --> 00:14:51,561 this Uncle Herman, is nine foot tall, 235 00:14:51,637 --> 00:14:54,606 he's all green in the face. 236 00:14:54,674 --> 00:14:59,134 Und on top of his neck, his head is bolted on, ja? 237 00:14:59,212 --> 00:15:02,807 Yes. And he lives in a neat old haunted house with a dungeon. 238 00:15:02,882 --> 00:15:07,376 And they have a real neat pet who lives under the stairs and breathes fire. 239 00:15:07,453 --> 00:15:11,184 You see, Mr. And Mrs. Stewart, you have here a very intelligent boy. 240 00:15:11,257 --> 00:15:14,317 He remembers all the details. [Laughs] 241 00:15:14,393 --> 00:15:18,227 Now, young man, if you'll be so nice, you'll go upstairs to your room and wait. 242 00:15:18,297 --> 00:15:20,231 Ja? Good boy. 243 00:15:20,299 --> 00:15:22,460 Stay away from the windows. 244 00:15:24,770 --> 00:15:26,965 Uh, what do you think, Dr. Leinbach? 245 00:15:27,039 --> 00:15:29,564 What do I think? Well, I think... 246 00:15:30,810 --> 00:15:35,577 Well, I think that the boy has obsessive juvenile fantasies, 247 00:15:35,648 --> 00:15:38,879 coupled with an overstimulated psyche. 248 00:15:38,951 --> 00:15:44,480 In other words, he is creating a fantasy world of his own. 249 00:15:44,557 --> 00:15:48,891 See, of course, in reality, we know that there is no nine-foot giant. 250 00:15:48,961 --> 00:15:52,419 There is no haunted house. There is no dungeon. 251 00:15:52,498 --> 00:15:54,830 - You mean he makes it all up? - Ja. 252 00:15:54,900 --> 00:16:00,361 You see, the little Kind looks at nothing and sees something. 253 00:16:00,439 --> 00:16:04,876 Looking at nothing and seeing something... oh, oh, oh, that's bad. 254 00:16:06,312 --> 00:16:10,612 Of course, looking at something and seeing nothing, that ain't so good either. 255 00:16:13,686 --> 00:16:16,746 Well, what should we do, Dr. Leinbach? 256 00:16:16,822 --> 00:16:20,258 Well, the first thing you've got to do is to get him to a doctor. 257 00:16:20,326 --> 00:16:22,260 Well, that's why I called you. 258 00:16:22,328 --> 00:16:24,353 Ja. Now let me see if I can think of somebody. 259 00:16:24,430 --> 00:16:26,955 Wait a minute. Wait a minute. What are we doing here? 260 00:16:27,033 --> 00:16:29,160 I'm a doctor. [Laughs] 261 00:16:29,235 --> 00:16:33,399 I'm a doctor. I forget sometimes. 262 00:16:33,472 --> 00:16:36,202 Uh, what do you suggest? 263 00:16:36,275 --> 00:16:40,109 Ah, well, I think we have to rid the boy of these illusions... 264 00:16:40,179 --> 00:16:42,841 by exposing them as false. 265 00:16:42,915 --> 00:16:47,147 You see, now I, myself, will take little Galen personally by the hand... 266 00:16:47,219 --> 00:16:50,211 to this fictitious house with these fictitious people, 267 00:16:50,289 --> 00:16:53,918 and then when he sees the reality that there is no such house... 268 00:16:53,993 --> 00:16:57,053 and there is no such people, he's cured, ja? 269 00:16:57,129 --> 00:16:59,996 Yeah. Now, please, the boy from the room, call down. 270 00:17:00,066 --> 00:17:02,830 Call Galen. 271 00:17:02,902 --> 00:17:05,496 Galen, would you come down now? 272 00:17:05,571 --> 00:17:08,039 Yeah, come on down, son. 273 00:17:08,107 --> 00:17:10,507 You and me, we're going to take a little walk... 274 00:17:10,576 --> 00:17:13,340 and meet your Uncle Herman face-to-face. 275 00:17:13,412 --> 00:17:15,937 Ja? [Laughs] 276 00:17:16,015 --> 00:17:19,451 [Roaring] 277 00:17:19,518 --> 00:17:23,079 Now none of that, Spot. Sit! Stay! 278 00:17:24,890 --> 00:17:27,381 Now, Spot, cut that out. 279 00:17:34,300 --> 00:17:36,564 That Spot. 280 00:17:36,635 --> 00:17:38,660 Thanks for helping me find him, Dad. 281 00:17:38,738 --> 00:17:42,868 Oh, that's quite all right, Eddie. But you must remember to keep him chained in the backyard. 282 00:17:42,942 --> 00:17:46,139 And we've got to break him of that habit of sneaking down to the wrecking yard... 283 00:17:46,212 --> 00:17:48,146 and begging for leftovers. 284 00:17:48,214 --> 00:17:50,444 Yeah. Last week he got ahold of an old Edsel, 285 00:17:50,516 --> 00:17:52,848 and he was sick for three days. 286 00:17:52,918 --> 00:17:55,443 Hey, Grandpa's taking his nap. Would you come down in the dungeon... 287 00:17:55,521 --> 00:17:57,751 and run some more of his home movies for me? 288 00:17:57,823 --> 00:18:00,053 Sure. Which ones would you like to see, Eddie? 289 00:18:00,126 --> 00:18:02,720 Oh, how about the track meet in Transylvania you were in, 290 00:18:02,795 --> 00:18:04,729 when you were a young guy? 291 00:18:04,797 --> 00:18:07,630 Oh, you mean that cross-country run? Yeah. 292 00:18:07,700 --> 00:18:10,032 You know, Eddie, I was so far ahead of the pack, 293 00:18:10,102 --> 00:18:14,163 the crowd had to run after me with torches to show me the finish line. 294 00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:16,970 [Chuckles] Come on. 295 00:18:18,043 --> 00:18:21,911 [Wolf Howling] 296 00:18:21,981 --> 00:18:25,246 See, Dr. Leinbach, there is too such a house. 297 00:18:25,317 --> 00:18:27,717 Ja, ja, I see a house. 298 00:18:27,787 --> 00:18:31,382 But I also know little boys. 299 00:18:31,457 --> 00:18:33,982 You see an old, broken-down house, 300 00:18:34,059 --> 00:18:38,325 and you imagine that it's haunted with green men... 301 00:18:38,397 --> 00:18:41,662 and dungeons and all sorts of crazy things. 302 00:18:41,734 --> 00:18:44,862 But this is where Uncle Herman lives. I want you to meet him. 303 00:18:44,937 --> 00:18:46,871 Sure. Sure. Meet your Uncle Herman. 304 00:18:46,939 --> 00:18:49,203 Go on. We'll knock on the door. 305 00:18:49,275 --> 00:18:51,470 [Knocking Echoes] 306 00:18:52,478 --> 00:18:54,844 Eh, nobody comes, see? 307 00:18:54,914 --> 00:18:57,144 So I prove to you it's an empty house, 308 00:18:57,216 --> 00:18:59,878 and you forget all of this nonsense and we go home. 309 00:18:59,952 --> 00:19:01,886 You forget all about it. All right? Come on. 310 00:19:01,954 --> 00:19:04,286 [Footsteps Approaching] Quiet. Someone's coming. 311 00:19:04,356 --> 00:19:07,450 [Door Creaks] Yes? May I help you? 312 00:19:07,526 --> 00:19:10,859 Excuse me, lady. Uh, 313 00:19:10,930 --> 00:19:13,194 you live here? 314 00:19:13,265 --> 00:19:16,234 Well, yes. We've lived here for years. 315 00:19:16,302 --> 00:19:18,236 Oh, why hello, Galen. 316 00:19:18,304 --> 00:19:21,068 How are you? Hi, Marilyn. I brought a friend of mine over. 317 00:19:21,140 --> 00:19:24,234 He wants to meet Aunt Lily, Grandpa, Uncle Herman and Eddie. 318 00:19:24,310 --> 00:19:27,143 Oh, that's just fine. They're all home. Won't you come in? 319 00:19:30,816 --> 00:19:33,717 If you'll wait just a minute, I'll tell Aunt Lily you're here. 320 00:19:33,786 --> 00:19:36,084 Aunt Lily! Aunt Lily? 321 00:19:36,155 --> 00:19:38,817 You see, such a nice lady. 322 00:19:38,891 --> 00:19:40,825 You wanna meet Spot? 323 00:19:40,893 --> 00:19:42,827 Spot? Spot? What is a Spot, what? 324 00:19:42,895 --> 00:19:46,126 Their pet who lives under the stairs. I told you about him. 325 00:19:46,198 --> 00:19:50,294 Oh, sure, sure. Him I gotta meet. 326 00:19:55,574 --> 00:19:58,702 [Roars] 327 00:20:01,447 --> 00:20:05,042 Leinbach, you didn't see an animal. 328 00:20:05,117 --> 00:20:10,851 In reality, you saw a gas pipe with a leak. You understand? 329 00:20:10,923 --> 00:20:12,857 Wait a minute. Wait a minute. 330 00:20:12,925 --> 00:20:17,294 Whoever saw a gas pipe with eyes and teeth? 331 00:20:17,363 --> 00:20:19,854 Uh, may I help you? 332 00:20:24,937 --> 00:20:28,998 Hi, Aunt Lily. I brought a friend of mine over, Dr. Leinbach. 333 00:20:29,074 --> 00:20:31,599 Oh, how do you do? 334 00:20:31,677 --> 00:20:36,979 Oh, excuse my appearance. I was just getting some olives out of the jar. 335 00:20:37,049 --> 00:20:41,110 If she was getting olives, I'd hate to see the martinis. 336 00:20:41,186 --> 00:20:44,155 Uh, Marilyn said you wanted to meet the family. 337 00:20:44,223 --> 00:20:48,819 Well, Grandpa's right in here taking his siesta. 338 00:20:54,133 --> 00:20:56,067 Let me wake him up. 339 00:20:56,135 --> 00:20:59,298 No, no, no, no, no! Please, please, don't disturb him. 340 00:20:59,371 --> 00:21:01,805 Oh, all right, but I'm sure he wouldn't mind. 341 00:21:01,874 --> 00:21:04,365 He hangs around the house like this all the time. 342 00:21:04,443 --> 00:21:07,241 Isn't this a neat place, Dr. Leinbach? 343 00:21:07,313 --> 00:21:09,508 Where's Uncle Herman and Eddie? 344 00:21:09,582 --> 00:21:11,516 Oh, well, they're both downstairs in the dungeon. 345 00:21:11,584 --> 00:21:13,518 I'll get them. 346 00:21:18,757 --> 00:21:21,920 Leinbach, get a grip on yourself! 347 00:21:21,994 --> 00:21:24,758 You're seeing things the kid made up! 348 00:21:24,830 --> 00:21:28,027 Wait a minute. Wait a minute. I know what it is. 349 00:21:28,100 --> 00:21:30,364 I didn't wake up this morning. 350 00:21:30,436 --> 00:21:33,735 I'm having one of them Freudian dreams. 351 00:21:34,940 --> 00:21:36,874 Look at him. Look at him. 352 00:21:36,942 --> 00:21:39,001 Look at him hanging there like a bat. 353 00:21:39,078 --> 00:21:42,104 He can't be real. I'll pinch him. 354 00:21:42,181 --> 00:21:44,979 [Squeaks Like A Bat] No! No! No! No! No! 355 00:21:48,153 --> 00:21:51,554 Oh, now here are my two boys now. 356 00:21:51,624 --> 00:21:53,649 Hi, Gale. Hi, Eddie. 357 00:21:53,726 --> 00:21:57,321 Oh, hi, Gale. How are you, son? 358 00:21:57,396 --> 00:22:00,832 Oh, and who is this you brought with you? 359 00:22:00,899 --> 00:22:04,733 Uh, Herman, this is Dr. Leinbach. 360 00:22:04,803 --> 00:22:07,135 Oh, how do you do, Dr. Leinbach? 361 00:22:07,206 --> 00:22:10,369 [Stammers] You are Uncle Herman? 362 00:22:10,442 --> 00:22:12,876 - Oh, you're German? - Ja. 363 00:22:12,945 --> 00:22:15,436 Oh, by any chance, did you know my family doctor in Germany... 364 00:22:15,514 --> 00:22:17,448 Dr. Frankenstein? 365 00:22:18,684 --> 00:22:21,312 He made me what I am today. 366 00:22:24,456 --> 00:22:26,947 Come on. Come on, Leinbach. Don't go to pieces. 367 00:22:27,026 --> 00:22:30,894 Remember your training... 17 years in Vienna. 368 00:22:30,963 --> 00:22:34,490 Now you know that what you are seeing over there doesn't really exist. 369 00:22:34,566 --> 00:22:37,262 It's all in the mind. It's nothing. 370 00:22:37,336 --> 00:22:40,169 So, please, you're going to turn around... 371 00:22:40,239 --> 00:22:44,335 and walk right through that Uncle Herman as if he was air. 372 00:22:44,410 --> 00:22:47,072 That way you'll prove that he's nothing. 373 00:22:47,146 --> 00:22:50,582 So come on, Siegfried, you can do it, huh? Come on. 374 00:22:57,289 --> 00:22:59,985 Oh, good heavens! What happened? 375 00:23:02,728 --> 00:23:06,255 That is the hardest hunk of nothing I ever saw. 376 00:23:06,331 --> 00:23:09,266 Uncle Herman, I think I'd better take him home. 377 00:23:09,334 --> 00:23:11,962 He looks like he might get carsick in the house. 378 00:23:12,037 --> 00:23:14,767 - Oh, that's a shame. - Stick with me, kid. 379 00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:17,274 I'm a sick man. 380 00:23:17,342 --> 00:23:19,401 Drop in anytime. 381 00:23:20,579 --> 00:23:22,513 [Door Opens, Closes] 382 00:23:22,581 --> 00:23:25,311 I don't know what kind of a doctor he is, 383 00:23:25,384 --> 00:23:27,978 but, you know, he oughta see a psychiatrist. 384 00:23:30,689 --> 00:23:33,954 That's right, Mom and Dad. We went over to that neat old haunted house. 385 00:23:34,026 --> 00:23:36,893 Dr. Leinbach met Uncle Herman and the whole family. 386 00:23:36,962 --> 00:23:39,988 Oh, now, Galen... Now please, dear. Please. 387 00:23:40,065 --> 00:23:42,556 Galen, we believe you. 388 00:23:42,634 --> 00:23:44,795 We believe that he met everybody and saw everybody. 389 00:23:44,870 --> 00:23:47,839 He met and saw the pet that breathes fire, 390 00:23:47,906 --> 00:23:50,101 and the grandpa who sleeps upside down. 391 00:23:50,175 --> 00:23:54,441 And the little boy with the pointed ears. And especially green old Uncle Herman. 392 00:23:54,513 --> 00:23:56,947 We believe you. Now, you've had quite a day. 393 00:23:57,015 --> 00:23:59,449 Why don't you go upstairs and take your nap. Okay, Pop. 394 00:23:59,518 --> 00:24:01,679 And thank you for believing about Uncle Herman. 395 00:24:01,754 --> 00:24:03,722 That's all right. 396 00:24:07,059 --> 00:24:09,653 John Stewart, what did you do that for? What? 397 00:24:09,728 --> 00:24:12,356 Now he'll go on believing in those stories he made up. 398 00:24:12,431 --> 00:24:15,832 Oh, look, honey. Today, a kid hasn't got very much he can believe in, 399 00:24:15,901 --> 00:24:19,064 in the way of fairy stories and giants and knights in armor. 400 00:24:19,138 --> 00:24:21,163 Now if he's got a little Uncle Herman to believe in, 401 00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:24,573 let him hold on to it as long as he can. 402 00:24:24,643 --> 00:24:27,111 Maybe you're right, dear. 403 00:24:27,179 --> 00:24:31,343 Oh, by the way, Dr. Leinbach sent his nurse over today with his bill. 404 00:24:31,416 --> 00:24:33,577 Well, he didn't waste any time, did he? 405 00:24:33,652 --> 00:24:36,314 No. But it's a funny thing. 406 00:24:36,388 --> 00:24:41,018 A well-known doctor like that, writing his bills with a crayon?